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- NAME
- AuDecode - decode uuencoded files.
-
- SYNOPSIS
-
- AuDecode [options] [infile]
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- The Amiga-Usenet Decode program will scan an input file for
- embedded uuencoded files. The files are optionally extracted and
- decoded, depending upon the command line options that are selected
- or omitted.
-
- Usage: AuDecode [options] [infile]
-
- where [infile] = an input file. This is the source files
- that contains the uuencoded files to be decoded. If no
- file is specified, then standard input will be read.
-
- [options] = command line switches, listed below.
-
- OPTIONS
-
- -? or -h = display a help message to stdout.
-
- -a = if the output file already exists, open it in
- append mode. The default is to overwrite it.
-
- -d<n> = decode specific occurance. If the input stream
- contains several encoded files, this switch will
- allow you to select a single encoded file to
- decode. The default is to decode all files.
-
- -i = display index only. This switch causes AuDecode
- to scan the input for encoded files. The files
- *will not be decoded*, but a sequentially numbered
- list of names will be written to standard output.
-
- -m<mode> = output file mode (Unix protection scheme). (This is
- not fully implemented yet. This version of AuDecode
- has been tested on Amiga systems only. If there is a
- standard for converting Unix protection modes to Amiga
- protection modes, I am not aware of it.)
-
- -n<filename> = specify the output filename. Uuencoded files contain
- a default target filename, which is generally the same
- as the input file name received by the encoder. The
- decoding program will use this name as the default
- output filename. The -n option allows you to override
- the default target filename.
-
- Note: If the -d option is not specified, -n assumes -d1.
-
- -o = send output to the standard output stream (stdout).
- This option is similar to -n, except that it
- instructs AuDecode to redirect output to standard
- output, rather than to a file. This is useful if
- you wish to use command line redirection. This
- option will override -n.
-
- Note: Unlike -n, -o does not assume -d1. If you do not
- specify an occurance, all encoded files will be
- decoded to stdout. (This may change in future
- revisions.)
-
- -s = status display. The encoder will display the
- converted byte count (via standard error) as
- decoding progresses.
-
- REFERENCES
-
- AuEncode
- uuencode
- uudecode
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- $Log: AuDecode.DOC,v $
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